The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you?re pierced.
What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.
The fullness of knowledge only comes through the awareness of ignorance.
If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
Suddenly degrees aren't worth anything. Isn't that true? When I was a student, if you had a degree, you had a job. If you didn't have a job it's because you didn't want one. And I didn't want one, frankly.
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.
Science is a rising force, It is creating a new world about us. It needs to be watched and pressed into service, and in any case, it would be courting disaster to ignore it.
Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
